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Last Friday on SmackDown, Batista finally got a second chance to win back the World Heavyweight Championship, after nearly taking it from King Booker at SummerSlam. The Animal couldn’t avoid a sneak attack from royal knight extraordinaire Sir Finlay, though, and he lost the contest, allowing King Booker’s reign over SmackDown to continue. Finlay then proceeded to deliver a brutal skull-bashing that left The Animal covered in blood. How will Batista respond next Friday? Has his chance at the gold officially run out, or will he find a way to get back the prize he believes still rightfully belongs to him? And what has gotten into Finlay? His rage was like nothing we have seen before, but was it merely an isolated incident, or a warning of things to come?
United States Champion Mr. Kennedy had a major announcement for the SmackDown audience. Kennedy claimed that he might as well go to RAW since he has climbed every mountain in the land of SmackDown. However, General Manager Teddy Long had a declaration of his own for his upstart young Superstar: At No Mercy on October 8, Mr. Kennedy will meet Undertaker. How will Mr. Kennedy handle this shocking development?
The saga continued in the Guerrero-Mysterio family feud, and the rivalry has taken two distinct paths for its members. A visibly distraught Rey Mysterio valiantly fought his way through a tough contest with the veteran brawler Finlay, but he could not overcome his heavy emotional burden and the opportunistic Irishman used Rey’s weakened psyche to his advantage. How long will it take Rey to recover from Chavo and Vickie Guerrero’s betrayal?
Speaking of which, Chavo and Vickie made their debut as business partners, and their alliance got off to a great start as Chavo defeated Tatanka. What is next for the new partnership now that they seem to have finally turned their focus away from Rey Mysterio?
Find out all the answers and see all the action yourself next week at 8/7 CT on UPN.
